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By Big Tent Democrat, Section Blog Related
Posted on Sat May 25, 2013 at 12:33:15 PM EST
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It's Champion League Final Day!

Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Dortmund (or BVB for those in the know) in an all German club final.

I invested in Dortmund at the quarterfinal stage at 8-1, so a hedge is in order - Bayern (-1) at (+135) for 3 units. But a Dortmund win nets me a 37 unit win.

So go BVB!

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    Well yesterday... (5.00 / 3) (#2)
    by desertswine on Sat May 25, 2013 at 06:11:14 PM EST
    I finally had to put down my 20 year old little orange cat.  20yrs of hissing, spitting, growling and scratching and I was sad to see her go. But finally, it was the last, best thing I could do for her. Damn cat. I will miss her.

    Hoist one in her honor (5.00 / 3) (#6)
    by Dadler on Sat May 25, 2013 at 07:03:22 PM EST
    Or two. Pets are family. And that's just the truth.

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    Oh, golly I hate having to do that... (none / 0) (#3)
    by Anne on Sat May 25, 2013 at 06:24:20 PM EST
    I know that by the time things get to this point, it really is the kindest thing to do, but I still hate it.

    Our yellow lab is almost 14, and now and then I just look at her and know her time is coming to an end.  She's still active, eats well, but she's nearly deaf and losing some of her vision.  She will sometimes sleep so deeply that, on occasion, I've thought she was gone before she startled herself awake...which startled me!

    Much sympathy on your loss.

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    So sorry, desertswine (none / 0) (#4)
    by Zorba on Sat May 25, 2013 at 06:24:33 PM EST
    It is difficult, but you are right.  It is the last, loving thing that we can do for our animal friends.  It is not fair to them to allow them to suffer.

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    So very sorry for your loss. That's a hard thing (none / 0) (#5)
    by Angel on Sat May 25, 2013 at 06:27:19 PM EST
    to do.  

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    So sorry about your lost friend (none / 0) (#7)
    by Militarytracy on Sat May 25, 2013 at 09:19:44 PM EST
    Your post and today reminds me of our only cat who was orange and white that my daughter rescued.  Tyler was hit by a car about a year and a half ago.  I am allergic to cats so probably will not seek a replacement ever.  He chose to own us in a strange way that charmed me and I could not argue with.  They say that cats discourage snakes, and often he would kill young snakes and leave them by the front door when he was outside.  Today we killed a copperhead a foot away from our front porch, as our in- laws did last weekend on the other side of the lake.

    It was hiding under the hose storage wheel and got a strike in at my husband and missed.  My husband was hooking the hose to the pressure washer.  I never remember a snake of any kind near the front porch when Tyler was alive.

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    We're down to one cat, from three - (none / 0) (#8)
    by Anne on Sat May 25, 2013 at 09:44:19 PM EST
    "the boys" came to us at the same time - were found in my husband's boss's garage, and there was never any question we were taking them both - and were somewhere around 15/16 when they crossed over - one with help and one on his own.  Lucy, our remaining cat, is young but quite adept at hunting.  She's actually our daughter's cat, but when she and her now-husband moved into their house, they felt like they were too close to the road for a cat who likes to be outside.

    We learned fairly early on that it was never safe to step out the door without looking to see if we had been left any "presents:" mice, moles, birds...sometimes, they'd bring them into the house before they had killed them - have had a few experiences of having to catch chipmunks that made me feel like I'd been transported into a Disney cartoon...and then there was the cardinal one of them brought in, who was rather a challenge to rescue.

    I'd never heard that about cats keeping the snakes away, but living here in the country, I'd have thought we'd see more snakes than we do, so maybe there's something to that!

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    Conscious vs. Subconscious, vol. 8 (none / 0) (#1)
    by Dadler on Sat May 25, 2013 at 01:19:51 PM EST
    Dadler's daily comic. (link)

    And welcome back, BTD.

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